Dental mirror.



N0.'893,293. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. J. A. WRIGHT A. M. NICODEMUS.

` DENTAL MIRROR. APPLICATION I'ILBD 00T. 7, 1907.

JAMES A. WRIGHT AND ANNA M. NICODEMUS,`OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DENTAL MIRROR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed October 7, 19017. Serial No. 396,222.

To all whom Lt may concern.'

Be it known that we, JAMES A. WRIGHT and ANNA M. NiooDEMUs, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certainnew and useful Im rovement in Dental Devices, of which the ollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to dental devices and particularly to mouth mirror protectors.

- It 1s illustrated in the vaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mouth mirror with our protector device attached; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation showing the protector in position;v Fig. 4, a detail plan view'of the protector plate; and Fig. 5, a detail of the spring clip.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

A is the handle of the mirror having at its lower end the arm A1 with an upwardly turned clip or overhanging lug A2 and the mirror body A3. B is a s ring cli having the bifurcated end pieces B1 B1 adlapted to pass into the groove B2 on the lower part of the handle A. The clip also has the forward spring portion B3 which overlies the mirror and mirror protector. The lower part of the handle A is referably formed of a square block or portion C so that the groove B2 may be made therein pro erly and may be adapted to receive the" en of the cli B. The protector plate D is preferably o glass and provided with the groove D1 to receive the lower end of the spring B3 of the clip.

We -have shown our invention in a sense diagrammatic, illustrating a single form of,

structure in which our invention is utilized.

The use, operation and advantage of our invention is as follows: In ordinary mouth mirrors as used in dental surgery there is a constant danger of the mirror being injured, scarred and disfigured by contact with the bur or grinding or cutting tool which the dental surgeon is employing. As soon as the mirror is thus disfigured, even though slightly, it is to a considerable degree rendered uniit for use because it is diiiicult for the operator to determine whether or not the defect which his eye sees is in the y.mirror itself or in the work on which he isengaged. A considerable expense for the re lacement of injured mirrors is thus entailed, With our device a removable protector plate is provided. It is adapted to be slipped into position as illustrated in Fig. 3. The forward edge of the protector plate passes under the clip A2 and the inner edge slides down past the s ring part B3 until it gets into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. Here the clip portion B3 slides forward and drops into the groove D1. Thus the protector is easily put in position and secure y held. When it is injured and another is to be substituted it is easily slipped sidewise, the clip portion B3 sliding in the groove D1 whereupon another protector can be put in place. rI`-he cost of the rotectors is a negligible quantity.

e claim z- 1. The combination of a dental mouth mirror with a transparent plate, means f or -mirror, and the other end, of which clasps the mirror handle.

4. The combination of a mouth mirror containing a mirror plate with an overhanging lug on its outer ed e and a removab e spring clip on its inner e ge comprising a free end s ring portion which overhangs the inner e ge of the mirror, and a handle inclosing part at the other end.

5. The combination of a mouth mirror with a transparent plate and means for detachably securing the late upon the mirror com rising a frictiona contact piece which over angs the disk and permits it to slide laterally and an overhanging lug at the opposite sideof thel transparent plate from the contact piece.

6. The combination of a mouth mirror with a transparent plate and means for detachably securing the plate upon the mirror com rising a frictiona contact piece which .over angs the disk and permits it to slide laterally, and an overhanging lug at the o posite side of the transparent plate from t e Contact piece said disk provided With a hanging spring clip and permit the plate to groove to receive suoli overhanging art. move laterally on lalle mirror. a faiizbu ifis ffzl JAMES A WMGHT- P P g g b ANNA M. NICODEMUS.

the outer edge of the mirror to receive the outer edge of the plate,anove1l1anging Spring Vitnesses:

clip on Ishe inner edge of the mouth mirror, ABBIE E. JOHNSON, and a groove in the plate to receive the over- SOPHIE B. WERNER, 

